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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday August 1, 2007
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...Hot Hot Hot...

Welcome to August. We are on the downhill run of summer now. Right
now, the normal high is 91F, the normal low 70F. By the end of the
month, the normal high will be 88F and the normal low 67F. The
hottest it has ever been in Birmingham in any August is 104F on August
8, 1935. The coolest August reading is 51F on August 31, 1946. It
generally rains on ten days in t he month, with storms on nine. The
normal monthly rainfall is 3.48 inches. 13.83 inches fell in
Birmingham in 1901. August is the least cloudy month in Birmingham,
with the sky being cloudy only 19% of the time. This fact is a little
misleading, as there are months, including September and October with
a lower percentage mean sky cover.

FORECAST: Our relatively dry airmass remains over the northern three
quarters of Alabama this morning. The front lies over South Alabama.
Low pressure is expected to develop this morning near the Gulf Coast
around Mobile. There is a lot of hope that this low could drift up
into Alabama over the next five days and enhance our rain chances.
That is a possibility, and we will watch for that. But for now, we
will continue to call for hot and mostly dry conditions until the end
of the week, with the real rain chances staying to our south and
southeast. We will increase our rain chances by the weekend. A flat
upper level ridge will stay in place for the next five days, with
indications that a trough will begin forming over the eastern U.S. by
this time next week.

TROPICS: We are moving toward the heart of hurricane season and the
Atlantic basin is becoming more active. Tropical Storm Chantal is
quickly becoming extratropical over the northern Atlantic. It will
brush the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland today as it heads out to
sea to become a powerful extratropical storm, a threat only to
shipping. A tropical wave is approaching the Windward Islands. This
system is fighting some really dry air. No significant development is
expected for the time being.

USAGI: In the western Pacific, powerful Typhoon Usagi is targeting
the islands of Japan. Usagi means Rabbit in Japanese. The typhoon
will peak with top winds of about 150 mph later this morning before it
begins moving over water with cooler oceanic heat content. The
typhoon will reach the southernmost islands of Japan around noon
Thursday, still as a formidable typhoon. It will recurve back of the
northern part of the island chain, passing near Sapporo over the
weekend.

ON THIS DATE IN 1978: Over thirty five inches of rain fell in the
Hill Country northwest of San Antonio, Texas as the remnants of
Tropical Storm Amelia stalled across the area after moving inland.
Major flash flooding resulted through the 4th of August. .

ON THIS DATE IN 1983: Andrews AFB MD records a wind gust to 149 mph
in a microburst that occurred just ten minutes after Air Force One had
landed with President Reagan aboard. Such microbursts have been the
cause of plane crashes.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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205.985.7295 or

http://www.hunterstreet.org
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TODAY
Mostly sunny, hazy and hot with a heat index near 100.
Afternoon High 94
WIND: SE 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly cloudy and hot. A slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SE 5-10

FRIDAY
Scattered, mostly afternoon, thunderstorms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 93
WIND: E 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly during
the afternoon.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SE 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered showers and storms form again.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SE 5-10

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